Now a major motion picture from Jerry Bruckheimer and Lionsgate!
The New York Times bestselling "spellbinding true-life story" (USA
TODAY) of a United States Special Forces team deployed to the
war-ravaged Afghanistan mountains in the weeks immediately following
9/11, overcoming great odds to become heroes of our era.
In the weeks following the attacks of September 11, a small band of
Special Forces soldiers secretly entered Afghanistan. Riding on
horseback, they pursued the Taliban over the stark and mountainous
Afghanistan terrain. After a series of intense battles, they captured
the strategically essential city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they
rode into the city, and the streets thronged with Afghans overjoyed that
the Taliban regime had been overthrown. Then the action took a wholly
unexpected turn. During a surrender of six hundred Taliban troops, the
Horse Soldiers were ambushed by the would-be POWs. Dangerously
overpowered, they fought for their lives in the city's immense fortress,
Qala-i-Jangi, or the House of War. At risk were the military gains of
the entire campaign: if the soldiers perished or were captured, the
entire effort to outmaneuver the Taliban was likely doomed.
Previously published as Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong "is not just a
battle story--it's also about the home front. An important book" (the
TODAY show). A thrilling, inspiring tale of a group of men on horses
who did the impossible and an incredible account of real life bravery
and heroism in the face of insurmountable odds.
